Summer plans.

[kylr23]

Ok heres a little thing with summer coing aboult and more and more seasional parks open up and the parks come to life. One may wounder what park or parks will you be going to this summer?

Hopefully once I get my N.e.a.p.p.a pass hopefully I would be making a trip to Funtown and maybe some other places in Newengland to.

But mostly starting this weekend I will be working at a local beach frount thrill park operating some of the thrill rides :D. Heck Palace Playland gotten three new rides.
*crop duster: (kiddie ride)
*wave swinger: (thrill ride) a old style swing ride.
*festa loca: (thrill ride) I dont know aboult this one yet but hopefully they finish it soon :D.

[thetrooper]

Maybe alton towers.
Hopefully getting a train on a weekday so not much queueing and if 10 people want to come we can get group discount. The money saved pays for the train fare :up:
still in planning so it might not happen...

[SnooSnoo]

Parks for the summer:

Already visited:

Cedar Point
Dixieland Fun Park (Hey.. it had a credit.. :))
Six Flags over Georgia
Hard Rock Park (rides weren't open yet)

Guaranteed to visit:

Cedar Point
Waldameer
Kennywood
Indiana Beach
Hersheypark
Dollywood
Six Flags over Georgia
Beech Bend
Carowinds
Hard Rock Park
Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom


50% Chance of visiting: (if I work hard all summer, save up enough cash for this bad boy)

Lake Compounce
Six Flags New England
La Ronde
Darien Lake
Canada's Wonderland


De. lic. ious.



ps: Bolded parks I've never been to before. :)

[Fbh007]

Don't miss Goliath at La Ronde Snoo if you go there!
We were supposed to go at Boston last weekend,but it was too late.We plan to go there soon,but I don't know exactly when.Canada's Wonderland is also in our plans,especially for Behemoth.I'll go to La Ronde a lot this year,I have officially a season pass!

Have a good summer ;)

[Cyberleader]

Alton Towers 8th - 9th June.

Disneyland Resort Paris 23rd - 27th July.

So far this is. I suspect I shall go to Thorpe Park, Drayton Manor perhaps Chessington, perhaps Legoland.

[thetrooper]

^How much does the alton hotel cost per night?

[Westcot]

I've already got plans for Epcot once, as well as Busch Gardens, SeaWorld, and Aquatica several times with my season pass.

[WoddenWarior]

Well, I already went to Holiday World on opening day, and I'm planning to head back several times. Right up the road!

As for anything else...maybe Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, but I'd rather not.

[Cyberleader]

^How much does the alton hotel cost per night?

Too much, that's why I'm staying in a B&B in the village of Alton.

[TheFreshEffect]

I'm either going to Chicago, so 'Six Flags Great America' or if I go to Cali, I'll hit all the big ones.

Win win situation :up:

[Cedar Point]

I'm either going to Chicago, so 'Six Flags Great America' or if I go to Cali, I'll hit all the big ones.

Win win situation :up:
My home park! You'll love Great America.

[TheFreshEffect]

My home park! You'll love Great America.

Be my guide :heart:

[thetrooper]

Too much, that's why I'm staying in a B&B in the village of Alton.

Yeah I thought so. It doesn't look all that amazing unless you're in one of the themed rooms. I bet they're really expensive...

[Alpengeist]

For me, the third week in June till the third week in August is my off-season. I do my main traveling in May, early June, or late August. The rest of the year it's the Florida or SoCal parks.

[Senor Penguin]

I'm heading to Canobie Lake Park this summer.
I love that place!
It's the best small amusement park in the world!:D

[kylr23]

I'm heading to Canobie Lake Park this summer.
I love that place!
It's the best small amusement park in the world!:D

:heart: same here bro.

[JayAC]

Parks I'm definitely visiting this year:
Brighton Pier (sometime this week, depending on the weather)
Thorpe Park (24th August)

Parks I'm very likely to visit:
Disneyland Resort Paris (probably Septmember)

Parks I might visit:
Alton Towers
Chessington World Of Adventures

[CedarPointer]

Definitely Cedar Point, Kings Island, Seabreeze Amusement Park, Six Flags Darien Lake, and Worlds of Fun. Maybe Kennywood or Idlewild. (bolded are parks I haven't been to before)

[marc0o0o0o]

Parks I will visit this summer:

- Six Flags Magic Mountain
- DisneyLand California
- Disney's California Adventure
- Sea World San Diego

Parks with a 50% possibility of going:

- Knott's Berry Farm

I might hit a Knott's waterpark also, but I still don't know if I'll have enough time.

Highlighted parks are the ones I've never been to.

[-LiLDaReDeViL5-]

Definite Trips:
Headin' down to Hershey once again(15th straight year,been every year since I was born).I'll be there for three days(dates unknown).
I'll also be at Fantasy Island Amusement Park and Thundering Surf Waterpark at Long Beach Island,New Jersey August 13th.I'll be podcasting live from both,Thundering Surf in the morning,Fantasy Island at night if any of you will be there.
Thundering Surf is BY FAR my favorite waterpark.Beats Blizzard Beach and Water Country(BGE),IMO.Small,but the slides are good and they theme HEAVILY!
There's a 75% chance I'll once again hit up Great Adventure for Fright Fest.Trying to get down to Dorney as well.

[JayAC]

My plans have changed - Just booked to go to Alton Towers. :D

Parks I'm definitely visiting this year:
Brighton Pier (sometime this week, depending on the weather)
Alton Towers (1st-2nd June)
Thorpe Park (24th August)

Parks I'm very likely to visit:
Disneyland Resort Paris (probably Septmember)

Parks I might visit:
Chessington World Of Adventures

[Squid2]

Parks I've already visited this year

Dollywood
WDW/Magic Kingdom
WDW/Epcot
WDW/Disney's Hollywood Studios
WDW/Animal Kingdom
Blizzard Beach

Parks I plan to visit this year

Dollywood
WDW/Magic Kingdom
WDW/Epcot
WDW/Disney's Hollywood Studios
WDW/Animal Kingdom
Typhoon Lagoon
Hard Rock Park
Universal Orlando/IOA
Seaworld Orlando
BGAfrica
BGEurope
King's Dominion
Carowinds

Squid2

[Garfield 06]

Been to:
USH

Going To:
Canada's Wonderland
USH

Was going to go to:
Cedar Point
Great Adventure
(Insert Sigh Here)

Barely Missed:
Six Flags Over Texas

Seeing as everyone else is doing this, I might as well...

I'm either going to Chicago, so 'Six Flags Great America' or if I go to Cali, I'llhit all the big ones.

Win win situation :up:

G-06

[Maylene]

I usally stay away from amusment parks during the summer. I might go to knott's berry farm once but thats about it.

Parks I've visted this year:
Disneyland - twice
Disney's Califorina Adventure

Parks im Going to visit:
SFMM
Knott's Berry Farm
Belmont Park
Sea World

Parks I might visit:
Six Flags Marine World
Great America
Santa Cruz Boardwalk

[Harpo]

Parks I've been to in 2008:
Dollywood
Cedar Point
Michigan's Adventure
one more small park that's escaping me right now. Drat.

Parks that are coming soon:
Lagoon
Knott's Berry Farm

Other parks I intend to visit this summer:
Canada's Wonderland
Kings Island

My new job will include quite a bit of travel, so I might be able to sneak in a few more along the way. Only time will tell!

[Joeymama101]

Parks i've been too already in 2008
Six Flags New England
Canobie Lake Park

Planned for 2008
Universal Studios
Universal IOA
Sea World
Discovery Cove(Possibly because its so damn expensive)

[Alpengeist]

Parks that are coming soon:
Lagoon
Knott's Berry Farm

Hey Harpo, are you planning on going to Celebration Centre when you visit Lagoon? ...because Sonic Boom is one heck of a ride.:up:

[Cedar Point]

...:(

You guys are really making me jealous. I'm visiting SFGAm 4 or 5 times this year. When I get my license in a few years, I'm getting a season pass and will be there all the time. But for now, I guess I'll just have to settle for a few times a year.

Cedar Point twice. I'm lucky this year, cuz I usually only get to go once with the distance and all.

BGE once. We started that last year. We hit BGE and CP on the same vacation.

...:(

[BJK]

Carowinds, that is all. I do not travel much, especially when an amusement park of any sort is a black hole to the wallet. We only go if we get a good deal.

[BoRJoYZeE]

Well, Kyle, It's all about California baby! Disneyland, Knott's, and Six Flags! Saddly not Cedar Point this year.

[kylr23]

Well, Kyle, It's all about California baby! Disneyland, Knott's, and Six Flags! Saddly not Cedar Point this year.

They all flote in california :sour:. :p

[stormrunner2592]

ive already been to kings dominion and this summer i will definately be going to busch gardens williamsburg and hersheypark, and dollywood and cedar point are maybes

[Harpo]

Hey Harpo, are you planning on going to Celebration Centre when you visit Lagoon? ...because Sonic Boom is one heck of a ride.:up:

Is that the home of S&S?

I doubt we'll have the time, but we'll see how it goes. We're specifically going to Utah for my nephew's graduation. However, since we're going all that way, I stated that I definitely want to squeeze in a day at Lagoon.


Oh, and I remembered what the other park was that I've visited this year. It was Castles 'n' Coasters in Phoenix, Arizona.

[Alpengeist]

Is that the home of S&S?
Yes, it's in Logan.


I doubt we'll have the time, but we'll see how it goes. We're specifically going to Utah for my nephew's graduation. However, since we're going all that way, I stated that I definitely want to squeeze in a day at Lagoon.
The small "park" is about 65 miles from Lagoon, so if you end up with a little extra time it's worth a quick visit. I was only there for about 45 minutes last August, but was able to ride everything I wanted to. Including the one and only Sonic Boom, currently the tallest drop ride in the world at 357 feet.


There's also an Alpine coaster in Park City that's a lot of fun, but that's in the opposite direction.

[thetrooper]

Well, it seems alton towers is a pain to get to when bus trips aren't running and when they are it's packed.
It's drayton manor now but it's way easier to get to so we can go on a weekday. I would rather go to Alton but since I haven't been to any theme park in ages I'm not too bothered.

[STLsmoore]

I'm starting of with my home park Six Flags St. Louis and then probably going to Six Flags Great America next month. Then Holiday World, Silver Dollar City, and maybe Worlds of Fun. I really need some one to coaster trip with because I travel on Mondays and Tuesdays plus it's hard to find people interested in roller coasters like me to begin with. It's hard having to drag my friends along with me it's way to time consuming to get them to agree on a date and everything else.

[Westcot]

A "small" trip report...

I went to Epcot last Friday. I live nearby, so I usually visit often, but it was my first time being there since they removed the wand from SSE. Spaceship Earth was pretty cool since the renovation (even though I'd already seen it many times on YouTube). I had an awesome time as usual, and even visited the little "secret" 25th Anniversary exhibit. No one was ever in there, and it was a nice cool place to escape from the crowds... don't even get me started on the crowds, though.

On Saturday I visited Aquatica for the first time with my Busch season pass. It was incredible! The atmosphere and rides were amazing! There was a lot of crowds, though. The wait time for some exceeded at least 30 minutes, which is okay I guess. The Dolphin Plunge slide was okay, but you would go so fast, you couldn't see the dolphins!

I also went to SeaWorld Saturday night for a quick visit. I saw the new Bayside Ski Jam show which had a really annoying High School Musical-type singing and dancing part and also saw the new Clyde and Seamore show. In the new Clyde and Seamore show (I'm guessing it's only for the summer), they parody all of the shows (even Kraken) and it's actually really funny. They really make fun of the shows and the people that act in them, and not just some "Shamu trick parodies" like I expected. I got on Kraken around 9:30 PM (with a 10 minute wait) after it had some down time from around 5:30 PM (or earlier) to 8 PM. I went by myself on the front row, a great B&M floorless experience!

[kylr23]

Kraken is a great ride. :heart: Nothing to report here I just been operating and working, the weekend wasn't to to bad. No work on sat due to a thunderstorm but I did work on sunday and it was almost dead all day. :cry: Curses!

[Harpo]

There's also an Alpine coaster in Park City that's a lot of fun, but that's in the opposite direction.

The primary purpose of the trip is to go to my nephew's high school graduation. That'll be in Park City, hence that's where we're staying.

It's been quite a few years, but I have been on that Alpine coaster. I'm hoping I'll be able to sneak in another ride on it during this trip.

There is one other catch to this trip -- my wife currently cannot go on any amusement park rides due to something that happened Opening Weekend at Cedar Point. During that weekend, we won a basketball at a hoops game, a stuffed animal at The Guessing Game, and several other small items. A couple of weeks later, we also found out that, on the morning of Opening Day at the Hotel Breakers, we won the Grand Prize -- in the not-too-distant future, there'll be a new_harpo around! :D Considering that I'm the dad, it couldn't possibly have happened at a more appropriate place than Cedar Point! (Of course, it does throw a wrench into my old statement: "Hey, this is a family park, not a park for making families!" Apparently, it can be both!)

Anyway, since my wife cannot ride anything for the next 9 months, I don't want to go taking her to a bunch of places where all she can do is stand around and watch me have fun.

[Alpengeist]

^I hear ya. Oh, and congrats on the little Harpo.;)

[MyGirlPepper]

No major plans , But they have a new suspended coaster at Michigan Adventures so I think I will go ride that this summer , and then do a recreation.

[Coaster Guru]

Parks I will visit this summer:

- Six Flags Magic Mountain
- DisneyLand California
- Disney's California Adventure
- Sea World San Diego

Parks with a 50% possibility of going:

- Knott's Berry Farm

I might hit a Knott's waterpark also, but I still don't know if I'll have enough time.

Highlighted parks are the ones I've never been to.
Oooh, when?


Seeing as my family has spent way too much money this year on Disney passes, D.C., and dirt bikes, my schedule is:


Disneyland
Disneyland
Disneyland
Disneyland
Disneyland
Disneyland


Mind you this is the resort so I'll also be at DCA on those days.

[~LoveTulie]

Cedar Point, definably. And, as much as I HATE going to Cedar in July, I'm probably going to week of July 20th, just because my mom has free tickets from work, so my friends would come.

Other parks I'll go to is Kings Island, probably in August, or Labor Day Weekend. I'm not sure, whatever I think is better.

[Pate]

I started my summer in Six Flags Mexico with all my school friends, and that's all. But I've got my annual pàss or however you call it in the U.S. so I have free access to many of the Six Flags of the world!!
...
and I don't care

[Astros161]

Summer Parks:

- Hard Rock Park
- Busch Gardens
- King's Dominion

All credits except for Busch gardens where all I'll get is Griffon. Although I will reride apollo's Chariot a.k.a my baby.

[BJK]

How can anyone afford this? I'm wealthy, is there coupons or something I'm missing?

[biogal]

I've already been to Busch Gardens, and have a season pass. I'm tempted to go to King's Dominion, since I haven't been there in years.

[Coaster Guru]

It's the season passes, BJK, many parks let you use them at others of the same company, like my Sea World San Diego pass will let me into Busch Gardens.

[DizCoasterMets]

Visiting Six Flags Great Escape in Lake George NY. Not much but something. Hopefully going to Great Adventure and Splish Splash Water Park on LI

[LoneWolf7]

Wow, you people sure go to alot of parks, I'm only going to IOA this summer (Free tickets!) We get free tickets every year so, I go once a year. Last time I was there, we went on a Jewish hoilday, there was nobody in the park, My family rode almost everyride by ourselfs!

[RCT Enthusiast]

I'll be revisting...

Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Kemah Boardwalk
Indiana Beach
Slitherbahn Galviston
Splashtown Houston

...Over and over again.

Maybe Holiday World....

[SnooSnoo]

Oooh, when?


Seeing as my family has spent way too much money this year on Disney passes, D.C., and dirt bikes, my schedule is:


Disneyland
Disneyland
Disneyland
Disneyland
Disneyland
Disneyland


Mind you this is the resort so I'll also be at DCA on those days.


Hey, we all make mistakes.

[Cedar Point]

Hey, we all make mistakes.
Quoted for truthfulness.

[Westcot]

^ If I know SnooSnoo, I know that he's joking. Although, you could be too...

I'll give you a mad face with a thumbs up just in case you aren't. :mad::up:

[Coaster Guru]

Hey, we all make mistakes.
What mistake?

[SnooSnoo]

What mistake?

And the winner for "Person who can't spot sarcasm is" award is...


:D

[kylr23]

:bored:....
So any trip reports?

[TheFreshEffect]

I went to 'Thrope Parko' a couple of weeks ago and it was raining and busyo!

[Rocikryk]

I'll be on a amusement park road trip in the eastern U.S. These are the parks I'll be visiting, most I'll be seeing the first time:

- Busch Gardens Europe
- Carowinds
- Six Flags Over Georgia
- *WDW (All four theme parks)
- Alabama Adventure
- Dollywood
- Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
- Holiday World
and finally....
- Cedar Point

* Parks I'll be visiting again.